Improvement in track-clearers



M. PLUCK= TRACK-CLEARER.

No. 178.950. Patented. June 20,1876.

of the rails.

rr it STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILE S PL UOK, OF HORIOON, WISCONSIN.

. IMPROVEMENT m TRACK-CLEARERS.

I Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 178,950., dated June 20, 1876; application filed March 31, 1876.

make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification, in which is shown a'perspective view ofmy invention. v

This invention has relation to the means for clearing obstructing snowfrom railroad-mils; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of the devices constitutingsaid means, thesame being applied to an ordinary hand-car, and operated in the mannerhereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a hand-car of usualconstruction.

. B designates the box or frame which contains the mechanism, or aportion thereof, for propelling the car, and from which projects theoperating crank or cranks. O U designate two plows, adapted to pass overthe surfaces of the rails, and having their lower edges recessed, as ata, to form side scrapers for the inner sides D D are the standards orarms supporting the plows, and E is a transverse bar connecting thelatter together. The standards D D are hinged, as shown, to theprojecting portions 1 of the car, so as to be movable G G arespring-braces projecting backwardly from the plows, and impingingagainst pins 6, depending from the car. The ends of said braces arenotched, as seen at e, to embrace or receive said pins." The snow isremoved from the rails by the plows and cast off to either side of thetrack, the plows for this purpose being placed obliquely, with theirconcave surfaces or faces. toward the outside of the rails. H designatesa lever pivoted at the end of an arm, t, projecting from the end of thecar. The lower end of the lever is notched to receive and hold thetransverse bar E,through which the plows are raised and lowered,according to the depthot' snow.- To the upper end of the lever ahorizontal rod, I, is pivoted, and extended back to within convenientreach of the occupants and operators of the car. The flattened portion kof said lever is pierced at intervals to receive a pin, l, passedthrough from a bracket m on which said arm or bar slides. This pinserves to retain the bar at any desired adjustment. For convenience, the

pin is chained to the car.

with the retaining-bracket m, of the perforated arm 1, pin 1, lever H,bracket t, transverse bar E, hinged adjustable plows O, notched bracesG, and pins 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this19th day of November, 1875.

- MILES PLUOK. Witnesses:

W. A. VAN BURT, CHARLES ALLEN.

